

Courtesy of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Snapchat. Which one of these things is not like the other?


A conservative Iranian court opened a case against instant messaging services WhatsApp and Instagram.


Because famous people are just like us: They like pictures and videos, too.


Is age really just a number among Silicon Valley CEOs?


Matt Cutshall used to be a waiter. Now he’s making money as a micro-movie celebrity.


And more money, while it’s at it.


“I’m a huge sucker for alliteration,” says the guy who helped kick off the social media phenomenon.


For starters, smartphone owners are far more tech-savvy than they were a few years ago.


That’s comparable to Instagram’s popularity.


Spoiler: It’s still all about mobile.


What are your favorite apps for messaging? Facebook would like to know for ... research purposes.


Should your company join them?


More photos, more problems.


The well-known VC discusses Tumblr’s sale, Turntable’s flop, and Instagram’s challenger.


I’m pretty confident that publishing this post will end up restoring Instagram to working order.


We are wired for gossip, and it’s inevitable that products will arise to manipulate that basic impulse.


It’s Vimeo’s second app buy in the last year.


“We try to think of it as artisans practicing a craft.”


Welcome to the cool-kids table, Ned!


These apps take your mobile photos beyond the flattering Instagram filter.


Re/coders take to the tube to discuss the big tech news of the week.


Two for two is a pretty good track record.


“I tend to think that all media consumption is educational.”


But the “Russian Facebook” is slower to respond to reported offensive posts.


Facebook is still the baseline, but we’re all over the place, according to comScore.


Free ads and “internal organic” promotion.


No one is throwing a block party to watch a Twitter feed anytime soon.


Today it’s “Vine set to music”; tomorrow it wants to be “the MTV of the mobile era.”


“Instagram filters have ruined everything, and I can’t tell if this guy is hot or not.”


That was fast -- though longer than six seconds.


How to have a Twitter moment -- and not in a good way.